3310-12 Arch Street
(from Google
Maps)
The
History of the Buildings
3306-3316
were developed by John Sellers, Jr. and his wife, Ann Caroline (Keen) Sellers,
in 1880 who lived at 3300 Arch St.
1880, June: John Sellers acquired fire insurance
from the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co. for 3310-3316 Arch St. (Historical
Society of Pennsylvania)
Previous Residents of
1884 Dir: Woodbury Jane, widow
Woodbury
Horace S., president, 1428 Chestnut St.
The 1880 census lists
him living at the St. George Hotel on Broad St. with his wife, Adelaide. He was
28 years-old and engaged in real estate. He was the son of David and Elizabeth
Woodbury. The 1882 directory lists him at the Aldine Hotel.
1885: “A ring, a silver purse, a shawl
and other articles were stolen from the house of Mrs. Horace S. Woodbury, No.
3310 Arch street, on Tuesday…” (Inquirer, March 20)
1887 Directory: Edward Bancroft, student
J. Sellers Bancroft, manager, 1600 Hamilton
In 1880, they lived at 210 N. 33rd St.
1889 Directory: Edward Bancroft, student
J. Sellers Bancroft, , manager, 1600 Hamilton
Henry Bancroft
1891 Directory: Edward Bancroft, instructor
J. Sellers Bancroft, manager, 1600 Hamilton
Henry Bancroft, machinist
1895 Directory: Bancroft, J. Sellers, manager, 1600 Hamilton
Henry Bancroft, clerk
1900:
J. S. Bancroft 56 Manufacturer of machine tools; born in R.I., parents born in
Pa.; renting
Annie
S. Bancroft 56 Married 29 years, 3 children. born in
Wilfred
Bancroft 25 Manufacturer of machine tools
Alice Bancroft 29
A.
Sarah Dalton 38 Cook; born in
Mary
A. Gallagher 30 Waitress; born in
Catharine
Price 22 Chambermaid; born in
The 1906 Blue Book lists John
Sellers Bancroft living at 919 Pine St.
1903, Aug. 7: Death of Ann S. Bancroft, 59 years old, wife of John
S. Bancroft in Lake Placid, N.Y.
1904 Directory: Bancroft J. Sellers, General
Manager, Lanston Monotype Machine Co.,
The 1905 directory lists him living
at 917 Pine St. In 1907, he married Beulah Morris Hacker. He died in 1919.
1906 Blue Book:
Miss Falkner
1910:
Elizabeth S. Hadley 46 “Own
income;” single; born in NY, father in NY, mother in PA; renting
Carolyn Buck 22 Lodger; secretary for coal co.; single
_ 2nd Hh.
Josephine C.
Newbold 63 “Own
income;” widowed, 2 children, 1 surviving
Bertha C. Newbold 36 “Own
income;” single
Deborah Canning 48 Lodger;
actuary for insurance co.; single; born in IL
_ 3rd Hh.
Jessie E. Ringwalt 74 “Own income;” widowed
Katharine H. Ringwalt 42 School teacher; single
Previous Residents of
1881 Dir.: Andrew M. Eastwick, Jr., clerk
1882 Dir.: Lydia A. Eastwick, widow
1882, Sept.: Andrew Eastwick of 3312 Arch
St. recognised some of his property among stolen goods recovered by police (Inquirer,
Sept. 5)
1883 Dir.: Lydia A. Eastwick, widow
Andrew M. Eastwick, hardware
1887 Directory: William F. Dreer (Henry A.
Dreer) [nursery and seeds]
After 1887, he lived at 101 N 33rd St. For a short biography, see The City of Philadelphia as it
Appears in the Year 1894, p 216.
1891 Directory: Charles E. Yerkes, sec, 9 N 13th
[banker]
He was the
son of Susanna Ga. Yerkes and Charles T. Yerkes, Jr. In 1887, he lived at 208 M. 33rd St.
Susanna G. Yerkes, widow
[sic.] of Charles [T.] (They were divorced. Charles T. Yerkes died in New York
City in 1905.) In 1887, they lived in
Chicago
1895 Directory: Samuel C. Woolman, grain, 133 S 2d
1900:
Lino F. Rondinella 33 Mechanical engineer; father born in
Elizabeth
L. Rondinella 33 Married
5 years, 1 child
Edith Rondinella 4
Susannah
Yerkes 60 Mother-in-law; divorced, 2 children; parents born in England
Lizzie
Brown 26 Cook; born in
Lizzie
Luehan 23 Waitress; born in Ireland
Ellen
Sullivan 35 Nurse; born in
Lino Francesco Rondinella
was an 1885 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his
Bachelor of Science and Masters in Engineering degrees in 1886.
“B.
5., 1886: M. E., 1886; Zelosophic; highest hon. man
in science dept. at end of first term and at grad.; Head of Dept. of Drawing
and Design W. Phila, H. S. for Boys; memo comm. on science and art, Franklin
Inst.; accounting warden of Church of the Crucifixion; author tech. articles in
Proceedings; Journal of the Franklin Inst.; Engineering News, memo Franklin
Inst.; Soc. for Promotion of Engineering Education; Schoolmen's and Church
Clubs. S. E. cor. 48th and Walnut and 4043.”
(University of Pennsylvania Alumni
Catalogue, 1917.)
1910:
Josephine Gebhart 75 “Own income;” widowed; 4 children, 1
surviving; born in England; renting
Frances W. Gebhart 45 “Own income;” single; born in Ohio,
father in PA, mother in England
_ 2nd Hh.
Herbert Eells 65 Clerk for wholesale hardware co.; born
in NY
Rebecca Eells 61 Married 41 years
_ 3rd Hh.
Henrietta Anderson 30 Washerwoman/laundress;
mulatto; married, 1 child; born in VA
Virginia R.
Anderson 17 Child’s nurse; mulatto; born in VA
1920:
Frances
Eells 72 Widowed; renting
-- next household
Lydia D. Crispin 37 Recreation teacher; widowed; born in
Delaware, father born in N.Y., mother in Delaware; renting
Anne F. Dewitt 39 Partner (sister); office worker for
insurance co.; single; born in Delaware, father born in N.Y., mother in
Delaware
Nellie Branson 45 Lodger;
hairdresser with own shop; single; father born in England, mother in Ireland
Grace Barker 43
Lodger; masseuse with own shop;
single; parents born in N.J.
-- next household
James E. Sutton 43 Janitor for apartments; black; born in
N.C.
Maud Sutton 42 Janitress for apartments; black
Ruth Sutton 19 Waitress for private family; black
In 1930 Annie DeWitt and Lydia
Crispin lived at 426 N. 33rd St. Lydia C.
Dewitt married Frank G. Crispin in Philadelphia in 1899.
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